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Emotet data breach (2021)

In January 2021, the FBI in partnership with the Dutch NHTCU, German BKA and other international law enforcement agencies brought down the world's most dangerous malware: Emotet.

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Emotet
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4.3M
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Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2021-01-27, Emotet was affected by a data breach. Approximately 4,324,770 accounts were exposed. In January 2021, the FBI in partnership with the Dutch NHTCU, German BKA and other international law enforcement agencies brought down the world's most dangerous malware: Emotet.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Emotet

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